Advanced lifters, what am I missing?
Okay, so I am a total n00b at lifting, no question about that. I've been lifting since January 18th, and I've barely gotten my 'sea legs' on this. I'm seeing results, but I know I still have a lot to learn.
So, I often watch people at the gym, and I've noticed some of the guys doing things that just don't make sense to me. Admittedly, I have zero knowledge of lifting, except what I've read or gleaned from the internet, but I've never read anything about this, except instructions to avoid doing it. So will either of these techniques be beneficial to an advance lifter?
First, I noticed some of the bigger guys doing large numbers of really rapid reps with light weights. I thought, okay, not sure about that, but maybe there's a benefit. But, lately, I've noticed a couple of the same guys lifting much more weight than they obviously can handle, pushing really hard to make the first rep, then basically using momentum to get through the rest of the set.
If these were tiny, little guys, I might dismiss it, but these guys are built. I really, really fail to see where they're going to benefit, but they obviously got big somehow. So, what am I missing here?
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